Michigan State's 17-16 win over TCU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl last year gives the Spartans' the Big Ten's longest active bowl win streak, with two bowl wins in a row. The season before, State beat Georgia in the Outback Bowl.AP Photo

EAST LANSING — The bowl projections are bouncing off walls all over the collegiate football map, and Michigan State is being projected to go to as many as four different bowl games with two games left before the selections.

The 11th-ranked Spartans (10-1, 7-0 Big Ten) finish their regular season at noon Saturday against Minnesota (8-3, 4-3) before traveling to Indianapolis for the Dec. 7 Big Ten championship game to play No. 3 Ohio State (11-0, 7-0).

How Michigan State fares will obviously have much to do with where it ends up, but then, there could also be a trickle-down effect if Alabama or Florida State lose.

The simplest and most obvious projection is that the Spartans will go play in the Rose Bowl should they beat the Buckeyes in the Big Ten title game -- no ifs, ands or buts about it.

But Michigan State could also get into the Rose Bowl as an at-large pick even if they lose to Ohio State, should Florida State or Alabama lose and the Buckeyes get bumped to the BCS national championship game.

Michigan State might also get an at-large BCS bowl bid to the Orange Bowl with a loss against Ohio State, though athletic director Mark Hollis said the south Florida bowl's scouts will be on hand at Spartan Stadium on Saturday to view the attendance and gauge the interest.

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio has said on more than one occasion he believes that if the Spartans beat Minnesota, they will move up into the Top 10 of the bowls and clinch an at-large bowl bid.

If the Spartans lose to the Buckeyes, they might fall down to the Outback Bowl, if all favorites win out and Ohio State plays in the Rose Bowl.

That's because Wisconsin, expected to be 10-2, could be a more popular pick for the Capital One Bowl than a team coming off a conference championship game loss.

Of course, with the No. 1 defense in the nation, the Spartans could prove to be the perfect opponent for an explosive offensive like Texas A&M's in the Capital One Bowl.

There are many ways to look at it.

Here are the various bowl projections from different analysts around the nation: